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AndΚαὶwhen he had saidεἰπὼνthese things,ταῦταhe knelt downθεὶς τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦandprayedπροσηύξατοwithσὺνthem all.πᾶσιν αὐτοῖς
Acts 20:36
Study it in the app“And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:36, word by word
- when he had saidεἰπὼνeipōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōn” appears- he knelt downθεὶςtheis
kneel
To put one's knees to the ground, above all to pray.
Where else “theis” appears- he knelt downγόναταgonata
knee
Knee.
Where else “gonata” appears- prayedπροσηύξατοprosēuxato
pray
Pray: speak with God.
Where else “prosēuxato” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears
The context
35In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more happy to give than to receive.’”
36 · This verse (above)
37And there was much weeping among all, and they fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,
To study Acts 20 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?